{"id":1747138,"date":"2026-11-13T20:37:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T20:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/r8DKexawwBg27emyYWFjDm"},"modified":"2026-11-13T20:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T20:37:35","slug":"a-survival-game-we-once-called-stalker-and-tarkovs-alien-baby-is-closing-down-less-than-a-year-after-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-survival-game-we-once-called-stalker-and-tarkovs-alien-baby-is-closing-down-less-than-a-year-after-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"A survival game we once called &#8216;Stalker and Tarkov&#8217;s alien baby&#8217; is closing down less than a year after launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Pioner, a survival-shooter we said looked like &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/this-russian-retro-futurist-survival-game-looks-like-stalker-and-tarkovs-alien-baby\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stalker and Tarkov&#8217;s alien baby<\/a>&#8221; when we first laid eyes on it in 2021, is ending development and closing down. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/games\/3105890\/announcements\/detail\/695403626868245016?snr=2___\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a> posted today on Steam, developer GFAGames said further work on the game and continued operation of its servers requires more money, and it just doesn&#8217;t have any.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over the past few months, we have been in talks with existing and potential partners about investment and new ways of working together that would allow us to preserve the project and the team,&#8221; the studio wrote. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were unable to agree on the funding needed to continue the project. The studio no longer has sufficient funds of its own to continue development and keep the servers running.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pioner looked promising when it turned up at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/pioner-looks-like-a-different-twist-on-stalker-and-im-here-for-it-comrade\/\" target=\"_blank\">PC Gaming Show<\/a> in 2021: A mash-up of Stalker, Metro, and Escape From Tarkov that featured both a singleplayer campaign and online co-op and PvP survival action, all of it built around late Soviet-era technology. <\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"high\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ehq7cyEzmww\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It launched into early access in December 2025 and worked its way to a <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/3105890\/charts\/#max\" target=\"_blank\">peak concurrent player count<\/a> of 1,686 on Steam a few months later\u2014not huge, but far from catastrophic, and trending in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>Those numbers tailed off badly over the summer, though, as the dev team struggled with technical issues and updates came at a much slower pace than promised. August saw player counts collapse almost completely, and by mid-September only a couple dozen people were still playing.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous replies to the shutdown announcement call for refunds to be issued, but GFAGames hasn&#8217;t commented on those demands at this point. It also hasn&#8217;t said when the game will actually be taken offline\u2014I&#8217;ve reached out to ask and will update if I receive a reply.<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height: 250px;\">\n<div class=\"kwizly-quiz kwizly-W3Rr8e\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/kwizly.com\/embed\/W3Rr8e.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"product star-deal\"><a data-dimension112=\"267e43d0-dfa1-11f1-afa6-9dbf2c952cda\" data-action=\"Star Deal Block\" data-label=\"GTA 6 guide\" data-dimension48=\"GTA 6 guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1238px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ZF5ZJsyvbhJRVSDmd9H3jA\" name=\"gta 6 cover art square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/a-survival-game-we-once-called-stalker-and-tarkovs-alien-baby-is-closing-down-less-than-a-year-after-launch.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1238\" height=\"1238\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"product__star-deal-label\">Grand Theft Auto 6<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/grand-theft-auto\/gta-6-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"267e43d0-dfa1-11f1-afa6-9dbf2c952cda\" data-action=\"Star Deal Block\" data-label=\"GTA 6 guide\" data-dimension48=\"GTA 6 guide\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>GTA 6 guide<\/strong><\/a>: Everything we know<br \/><strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/grand-theft-auto\/gta-6-cars-list\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>GTA 6 cars<\/strong><\/a>: The garage lineup<br \/><strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/grand-theft-auto\/gta-6-characters\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>GTA 6 characters<\/strong><\/a>: Your anti-hero cast<br \/><strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/grand-theft-auto\/gta-6-map\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>GTA 6 map<\/strong>:<\/a> Confirmed Vice City locales<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/grand-theft-auto\/gta-6-pc-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>GTA 6 PC release<\/strong><\/a>: When&#8217;s it going to happen?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/a-survival-game-we-once-called-stalker-and-tarkovs-alien-baby-is-closing-down-less-than-a-year-after-launch\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pioner, a survival-shooter we said looked like &#8220;Stalker and Tarkov&#8217;s alien baby&#8221; when we first laid eyes on it in 2021, is ending development and closing down. In an announcement posted today on Steam, developer GFAGames said further work on the game and continued operation of its servers requires more money, and it just doesn&#8217;t have any. &#8220;Over the past few months, we have been in talks with existing and potential partners about investment and new ways of working together that would allow us to preserve the project and the team,&#8221; the studio wrote. &#8220;We were unable to agree on the funding needed to continue the project. 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